I received this from a friend today or I would have sent it sooner...I thought some of you might be interested in attending. It's really only open to middle and high school students or adults, but I thought all of you might consider it...I will not be there, although I'd love to go...if you go, let me know what you hear!
Ben
GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY
A PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND HISTORY SERIES TALK
Presented by the Academy of Science - St. Louis and the Missouri History Museum
Go Outside and Play: Outdoor Recreation in America
Featured Speaker: Jim H. Wilson, Ph.D., E. Desmond Lee Professor of Experiential and Family Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis and Forest Park Forever
Tuesday, April 21, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Missouri History Museum - Lee Auditorium Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63112
FREE and OPEN to ALL. Middle and high school students welcome. Parking free in Museum lot or in Forest Park.
The "great outdoors" has featured prominently in family and community life throughout the history of our city and our country; and conventional wisdom has it that playing outdoors is healthy, expansive, educational and good. From fishing to football; reflection to rough-housing, we have grown up as a people enjoying the outdoors.
Skills of the pioneers became the recreation of sportsmen. Common fields of the colony became the parks of the city; and when we welcomed immigrants to our ranks, we welcomed them early to the outdoors. Today, the recreational focus on the outdoors is less sharp.
Even as research shows that time outside makes us healthy and helps us think better, the outdoors seems to hold less interest for the young.
Team sports are more and more a spectator activity and fields and streams may be seen as old fashioned and mundane compared to the electronic wizardry of the virtual world. Join E. Desmond Lee Professor, Dr. Jim Wilson as he reviews the rich history of outdoor recreation and considers current trends and implications, including a new movement to renew connections to the outdoor world.
Ben
GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY
A PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE AND HISTORY SERIES TALK
Presented by the Academy of Science - St. Louis and the Missouri History Museum
Go Outside and Play: Outdoor Recreation in America
Featured Speaker: Jim H. Wilson, Ph.D., E. Desmond Lee Professor of Experiential and Family Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis and Forest Park Forever
Tuesday, April 21, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Missouri History Museum - Lee Auditorium Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63112
FREE and OPEN to ALL. Middle and high school students welcome. Parking free in Museum lot or in Forest Park.
The "great outdoors" has featured prominently in family and community life throughout the history of our city and our country; and conventional wisdom has it that playing outdoors is healthy, expansive, educational and good. From fishing to football; reflection to rough-housing, we have grown up as a people enjoying the outdoors.
Skills of the pioneers became the recreation of sportsmen. Common fields of the colony became the parks of the city; and when we welcomed immigrants to our ranks, we welcomed them early to the outdoors. Today, the recreational focus on the outdoors is less sharp.
Even as research shows that time outside makes us healthy and helps us think better, the outdoors seems to hold less interest for the young.
Team sports are more and more a spectator activity and fields and streams may be seen as old fashioned and mundane compared to the electronic wizardry of the virtual world. Join E. Desmond Lee Professor, Dr. Jim Wilson as he reviews the rich history of outdoor recreation and considers current trends and implications, including a new movement to renew connections to the outdoor world.
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